Safety-razor



I. H. D. EVERETT.

SAFETY RAZOR. APPLICATION FILED JULY 23,1920.

12/265355 I lake/a 15 W Jv 0- 5e specification.

JOHN H. n. EVERETT, or wanxnean, I Lnvors.

SAFETY-RAZOR;

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. Application filed July 23,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H, D. Evnnnrr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of VVaukegan, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, of which the'following is a My invention relates to new and useful improvements in safety razors, and has for its object the provision of an improved con-, struction of this character which is simpleand eflicient in operation, and capable of economical manufacture.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1, is a top plan view of a razor embodying the invention,

Fig. 2, a side view of the same,

Fig. 3, an end View of the same,

Fig. 4;, a section taken on line 14 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5, a section taken on line 5-501."

Fig. 3.

The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the drawings, comprises a razor blade holder made from a single strip of metal, the central portion -6 of said strip being provided with serrations or teeth 7 along one edge, the ends of the strip being bent symmetrically with reference to the central portion 6 to form a blade holding frame and a handle therefor. To accomplish this, the ends of the strip are first bent or looped at 8, and then extended substantially parallel to each other and at right angles to the bar 6 to form the sides 9 of the blade holding frame. The strip ends are then bent inwardly toward each other at an angle to the sides 9 to form opposed bars 1 of the frame. Beyond the bars 10 the ends of the strip are brought into actual contact with each other to form the handle 11 of the razor. At their extreme ends the strip ends are somewhatenlarged and spaced apart at 12, and are finally spot-welded at the point 13 to hold them together, as shown. The opposed bars 10 of the blade holding frame are connected by a traversing binding shaft 14:, which has its ends oppositely threaded in said bars, said shaft being provided with Specificationof Letters Patent. fafteniggd Dec. 27,1921.

1920. Serial No. 398,351.1 i

a lcentral 'operating wheelv 15 by means of which said shaft may be readily rotated in either direction, as will be readily understood. The'side'bars 9 of the frame are provided with projections or ears 16, which are slotted on their inner faces to receive the edges of. the blade 17, said blade being provided with lateral ears or lugs 18 adapted to contact with the corresponding edges of the projections 17 to position the cutting edge 19 0f said blade in proper relation with the serrated guard 7. When the blade has been thus inserted, it is securely clamped in place by operating the wheel 15 and shaft l ftonlamp' or force the side bars 9 together,

thus clamping the edges of the blade securely ners of the cutting edge of the blade, protect and guard the same, and prevent cutting of the face by these edges. When it is desired to remove the blade for sharpening, cleaning, or other purposes, the wheel 15 is ma? nipulated to relieve the clamping action on the edges of the blade, whereupon it may be readily removed. When it is desired to sharpen the blade by stropping, or otherwise, the same is inserted in the slit provided between the handle portions 12, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. In this manner, a simple and efficient device is provided for thepurpose, which is capable of economical manufacture.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention. 1, therefore, do not wish to'be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to'avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I form a guard, the ends ofv said strip being bent to form a blade holding frame and then brought together to form a handle, the sides of said frame being slotted to receive the edges of a razor blade; and means for forcing the sides of said frame together to clamp the blade in said slots, substantially as described.

2. A safety razor comprising a holder made from a single strip of metal, the central portion of said strip being serrated to form a guard, the ends of said strip being bent to form a blade holding frame and then brought together to form a handle, the sides of said frame being slotted to receive the edges of a razor blade; atightening shaft traversing said frame, the ends of said shaft being oppositely threaded in the sides of the frame; and an operating Wheel on said i shaft, substantially as described.

jections to receive the edges of a blade; a binding shaft traversing said frame, the ends of said shaft being oppositely threaded in the sides of said frame; and an operating heel on said shaft, substantially as described.

4. A safety razor comprising a holder made from a single strip of material, the central portion of said strip being serrated to form a guard, the ends of said strip being bent to form a blade holding frame and then brought together to form a handle; projections adjacent the lower end of said frame, said projections being slotted to receive the edges of a blade; a tightening shaft traversing said frame for forcing the sides of said frame together, clamping the said blade in said slots, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN H. n. EVERETT.

Witnesses JOSHUA R. H. POTTS, RosE K. TRIB. 

